Training Workgroup
Scranton, PA
September 14, 2005
0930 – 1020
CHAIRPERSON: Mike Chezik, DOI (for Gary Ott, NOAA SSC)
HANDOUTS:
 Proposed Training for RRT III Meetings for 2006
 Preliminary Environmental Assessment of the Impact of Hurricane Katrina in Alabama
and Mississippi, 6 September 2005, by Gary Ott, NOAA SSC
MEETING NOTES:
The focus of this workgroup meeting is to determine what level of training we want to provide
during our 2006 RRT meetings. We are not starting from scratch, but we don’t have a whole lot
scheduled for any of the sessions in 2006. We will collect your suggestions for each of the
workgroups.
Commentor
Training Suggestion/Topic
Inland Area Committee Training – Chaired by Steve Jarvela, EPA
Joe Albert – EPA
EPA and the SPCC inspection FRP reviews and planning groups –
regulations are supposed to final in September 2005.
Debbie Scholz - SEA
Just in time training for the area personnel for the Industry led PREP
exercise in 2006
Linda Baines - USCG
Continue training and exercising with the NRP with a specific annex
to focus on. Maybe biological – some type of incident that we could
use in practice.
Alan Williams - MDE
May be able to get someone from Maryland state health and an
industrial hygienist to play. We will be in Baltimore area for our
January Meeting.
Janet Queisser
We should have a Bio exercise in Baltimore. Janet would be able to
get some VA personnel to participate.
Don McLaughlin - EPA We can discuss the medical surveillance and the Biowatch program.
?
Need to determine what our role (the RRT) is in a bio response.
Dennis Carney - EPA
We can devote a whole training session on bio. This could include a
presentation, training and exercise in terms of the RRT involvement.
Need to get a first hand involvement from Hurricane Katrina on what
they saw, problems in NIMS implementation during Katrina, etc.
Kevin Boyd - EPA
Volunteered to will help design an exercise for the January RRT
meeting in Baltimore.
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Commentor
Janet Queisser
Charlie High - PA
Janet Queisser
Mike Chezik
Marty Costello - USN
Alan Williams
Training Suggestion/Topic
Conduct a review and evaluation of the specific monitors and
equipment available for CRBN.
Need t address mass casualties from small pox, anthrax, or possibly
avian bird flu – in particular, we should address disinfection issues,
responder PPE, etc.
Some form of Zoonotics transfer and impacts.
Hurricane Katrina, the catastrophic annex, and other specific
responder needs, e.g., vaccinations, conditions.
We should review the Hurricane Katrina response. We should
compare the hurricane response versus our worst case discharge
scenarios.
We could evaluate the role in Region III for the Katrina response.
Spill Response Countermeasures Workgroup Training – Chaired by Kevin Boyd, EPA
Kevin Boyd
At this time, we have too many workgroup products to develop and
finalize in the coming year, so no additional training should be
scheduled
Wildlife Workgroup Training – Chaired by Gary Ott, NOAA SSC
Mike Chezik - DOI
Heidi Stout – Tri-State
Mike Chezik - DOI
We need to discuss the training requirements for this workgroup with
Gary Ott as he may have some specific ideas.
A discussion or training on Pet Friendly sheltering – Heidi can maybe
arrange a contact. Currently not focusing on wildlife response, focus
is still on search and rescue and recovery operations.
Originally, this RRT wanted to develop a list of response resources
needed for the best management practices (BMP) for wildlife
responses to small, medium, and large spill response for wildlife. At
the IOSC gathering, the meeting participants went in a different
direction for the development of implementation guidance for the
BMP for wildlife. This effort is underway by a group of 15 wildlife
response experts at the national level. This effort is being led by
USFWS; they have the primary responsibilities on this role. January
will probably be too early for any new information on the BMP –but
we can provide an update on this effort in January.
Training Workgroup Training – Chaired by Gary Ott, NOAA SSC
Linda Baines
We will continue this process for identifying training planning for the
May and September RRT Meetings
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Commentor
Training Suggestion/Topic
Information Management Workgroup Training – Chaired by Catherine Pomerantz,
FEMA
Debbie Scholz - SEA
Gerald Conrad - USCG
Currently, this workgroup is still completing projects on:
 Polreps versus Sitrep reporting between EPA / USCG
 Information management and media presence within the RRT
– send out format to all RRT members
 Photo-documentation guidelines for the RRT for archiving,
photo-documentation, release
The USCG has taken on the issue of Ports of safe refuge and is
conducting meetings to address this issue. Gerald Conrad from
Sector Delaware will have more information and can report on their
progress in 2006.
NRDA Workgroup Training – Chaired by Ben Anderson, DE DNRC
Mike Chezik - DOI
Debbie Scholz - SEA
Alan Williams - MDE
Hines Wildlife Refuge spill NRDA – Want to bring in Steve Klassen
from the Heinz Wildlife Refuge NRDA; there was a recent
settlement; for the January Meeting.
Shellfish contamination /tainting issue – Ruth Yender of NOAA
HAZMAT
Review of PEPCO Incident NRDA
Standing RRT Training – Co-chaired by Dennis Carney, EPA and Dave Ormes, USCG
?
?
Linda Baines - USCG
Katrina review – January; We could get Gary and Ed and invite
Charlie Henry to here to give their overview of the response. We
could also invite other members of the RRT in Region 6 to provide a
debrief. How were RRT 4 / 6 involved and what roles did they play.
Hurricane Ophelia and the FEMA 4 response – January
Delaware Bay – ATHOS 1 review for January
This meeting was adjourned at 1020.